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Health bosses will focus on developing and improving services for people in a crisis, prenatal and postnatal patients, people who present at A&E and physical health hospitals, children with eating disorders and patients needing children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Mr Miller said: “A year ago there were 20-25 patients a month being treated out of the county, currently there are 12, generally it’s been under ten so it is getting better.

“We’re using the same processes as Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation and it is making a difference.

The Bradgate Mental Health Unit at Glenfield Hospital

“I’m confident that we can improve from where we are otherwise we wouldn’t be doing it.

“We won’t be outstanding in the next year but this is a five year programme, we’re currently about half way through.”

Mr Miller also said that facilities at the Bradgate Unit are in need of improvement and that a bid for cash to rebuild the centre is being worked on.

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Councillor Elly Cutkelvin, chair of the committee, said: “Thank you for your honesty.

"The service has fallen short in a few ways and it’s something we will continue to look at.”

Ivan Browne, interim director of public health at Leicester City Council added: “When people reach Peter’s service it has gone too far.

"It’s key that public health work closely with LPT in terms of developing services and one important area of focus is mental wellbeing.”

The CQC visited the trust again at the end of November.

Inspectors looked at the Bradgate Unit, the rehabilitation unit, inpatient facilities for people with learning disabilities, mental health services for older people in the community and CAMHS in the community.